Qusay Hussein

Qusay Hussein (17 May 1966-22 July 2003) was the Director of the Iraqi Special Security Organization from 1992 to 1997, succeeding Fannar Zibin al-Hasan and preceding Nawfal Mahjoom al-Tikriti. The younger son of Saddam Hussein, he replaced his older brother Uday Hussein as his father's heir due to his older brother's erratic behavior. However, both of them were killed by the US 101st Airborne Division on 22 July 2003 during the Iraq War in Mosul.

Biography
Qusay Hussein was born on 17 May 1966 in Baghdad, Iraq to Saddam Hussein and Sajida Talfah, and he was the younger brother of Uday Hussein. He married General Maher Abd al-Rashid's daughter and had a son, Mustapha Hussein, and two more sons. Qusay became the supervisor of the Fedayeen Saddam paramilitary after his brother's dismissal in 1996, and he was also made Director of the Iraqi Special Security Organization. His cruelty was revealed in the 1991 uprisings of Shia Muslims in southern Iraq, draining the southern marshes; this led to the deaths of many migratory birds and also ended the way of life that Shi'ites had lived for over one thousand years. In 1998, he oversaw the execution of prisoners to make way for more prisoners in prison, showing more of his cruelty.

Hussein's downfall came on 22 July 2003 when the US 101st Airborne Division surrounded his safehouse in Mosul while him, Uday, and Mustapha were in hiding as the Iraq War began. After some of the American soldiers were wounded, 200 troops were brought up to besiege the house, which was hit with TOW missiles, grenade launchers, and machine guns, and the three men were all killed in the attack.